You've got to see this 1953 Vagabond!
This wife ran across this on Facebook. This is so 1950s cool. I think I could move right in! 1953 Vagabond
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American RVers got too wrapped up in the "What will pull it?" question. My aunt and uncle had a coach-built British made 18' TT. Coach-built means "heavy". I think it weighed somewhere around 3400 pounds.
They towed that thing all over the UK and Europe behind a Morris Oxford sedan, 1.5 liter, 50 hp engine (on a good day) and a 4-speed stick-shift transmission. They even crossed the Alps with it, between Switzerland and Italy. They were members of the UK's "Caravan Club" and went to local rallies just about every weekend. The Morris lasted about 12 years.
I only remember one occasion when it didn't make it over a big hill (Shap Summit, on the England/Scotland border). Uncle just backed down again and went somewhere else.
Eventually he got a "bigger" car (2.5 liters and around 100 horsepower) and kept up the RV life for over 40 years, with that same TT.
They towed that thing all over the UK and Europe behind a Morris Oxford sedan, 1.5 liter, 50 hp engine (on a good day) and a 4-speed stick-shift transmission. They even crossed the Alps with it, between Switzerland and Italy. They were members of the UK's "Caravan Club" and went to local rallies just about every weekend. The Morris lasted about 12 years.
I only remember one occasion when it didn't make it over a big hill (Shap Summit, on the England/Scotland border). Uncle just backed down again and went somewhere else.
Eventually he got a "bigger" car (2.5 liters and around 100 horsepower) and kept up the RV life for over 40 years, with that same TT.
